§ 22.1-291.1 Planning time for public elementary school teachers; data on lunch breaks
A. Each school board shall ensure that all elementary school teachers in its employment are provided at least an average of 30 minutes per day during the students’ school week as planning time.
B. The Department shall annually collect and present in the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions school-level and division-level data on the share of teachers that are provided each working day a lunch break of at least 30 minutes in length and unencumbered by any teaching or supervisory duties.
History
This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 404 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2000, chapter 650; in 2009, chapter 482; in 2024, chapter 196.
1995, c. 404; 2000, c. 650; 2009, c. 482; 2024, c. 196.